FIve Eight - Take Me To The Skate Park

Five Eight - Take Me To The Skate Park Musiv Video

I’ve been a fan of Five Eight since I first saw them play in Alabama in the very early 90s. When I moved to Athens they were some of the first musicians I met and they embraced me and we did a couple of photo shoots around town but I seem to have lost those negatives. They’ve been great friends over the years and it was actually Mike who helped me 13 years ago when I very badly needed to get sober. Last fall I was very excited to see the new film Weirdo - The Story of Five Eight by Marc Pilvnsky and after the film the guys played a set at Cine where I heard this new song for the first time. As a life long skateboarder I was blown away and told Mike and the guys that I wanted to do a music video. We set up and filmed at the Skate Park of Athens and shot the story part at a friends house with Mike and his daughter.

Back Stage at The 40 Watt Club around 1998.

An attempt at a recreation of the 1998 photo taken in 2016.

Opening for The Drive- By Truckers in 2016.

Five Eight on on their first Flagpole cover in 2024. Come on Flagpole…

I caught Mike at an old folks home while our daughters were dancing for the other old folks.

I’m Still Around - Live at The Caledonia Lounge on Mike’s 50th Bday.